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Santoro, M., Cartus, O., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Le Toan, T., Carvalhais, N., Rozendaal, D., Herold, M., Avitabile, V., Quegan, S., Carreiras, J., Rauste, Y., Balzter, H., Schmullius, C., Seifert, F.M., 2018, GlobBiomass global above-ground biomass and growing stock volume datasets, available on-line at http://globbiomass.org/products/global-mapping OR Santoro, Maurizio (2018): GlobBiomass - global datasets of forest biomass. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.894711
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The GlobBiomass AGB estimates are not free from errors (local biases and substantial uncertainties), primarily in regions where the remote sensing data available had limited capability to resolve forest structures or in areas not sufficiently characterized in terms of wood density and biomass expansion factors. The biomass to carbon conversion factor of 0.5 here used is a good approximation of the typical carbon content in the biomass of terrestrial vegetation, and is consistent with the Good Practice Guidance in LULUCF by the IPCC (2003). There is however some variation for different tree species, different components of a tree or a stand and age of the stand, which may be accounted for in more detailed assessments. For more information, refer to: https://dopa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/DOPA%20Factsheet%20J2%20Above%20Ground%20Carbon_0.pdf